Superstar Sophie

My sweet Sophie's pictured graced the Girl Scout Possibilities Fall/Winter 2009 catalog.

FYI : Now accepting resumes for her agent.

Our 24 hour Vacation

We have had a pretty uneventful summer. We took a 24 hour mini vacation to a hotel that is 45 minutes from where we live. The good news -- it was wonderful, the kids loved it, and we had good weather. The bad news it was our old high school's class of '89 reunion weekend. (Brad class of '87, me class of '88) I felt like I was in a bad dream, running into to people that I haven't seen in 20 years -- in my bathing suit.

Roller Babies

Jackpot!

We were at Main Event in Austin over the 4th of July weekend and Griffin hit the Jackpot and won 1,000 tickets. He is in shock -- Sophie is near tears.

What is my deal?

Good gracious! Why can't I take a decent picture? We went to Ryan's over the 4th holiday -- and it was pretty eventful to say the least. My favorite part was the incredible fireworks display in Austin. Why haven't we ever lived in Austin? We enjoy visiting there so much, and I think we would fit in better.

* Note to self: stop wearing sleeveless garments.

Happy 4th of July !!!!

Day 9 of THE DIET

Holy cow!


I have lost a total of 6 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kung Fu Grip

This is a picture of my parents circa 1969?? I love it that my Mom resembles Priscilla Presley. The way my Dad is holding onto her seems a little protective -- like she's about to make a run for it or something. Growing up, I never saw this picture -- ever. My Mom gave me an album with pictures of them early in their "blink and you might miss it" marriage, when I was in my early thirties since she was selling her house and moving. I could see where it would be weird to have old photo albums of ex-husbands. What do you do with them? I have never seen a an episode of Martha Stewart where she has addressed such an issue.

Best of Times

I am pretty certain that this portrait is from 1980 or 81. This type of photography is ridiculous at best, but at the time was all the rage. The awkwardness of my presence in this photo is almost painful to look at. It's like a car crash, or staring at the sun. The funny thing is that this was the happiest time in my childhood. I had a new baby brother. We lived in an awesome house. We drove a new car. I was doing great in school and had tons of friends. Two or three years later -- I would move out of my mother's house and move in with my Dad. My life would completely change forever.